Bolland, one of the very earliest British creators whose work was brought to America, drew the first 63 covers for Animal Man, mostly for DC, but also the first 6 Vertigo issues before handing over to a succession of other artists.

Bolland also drew the cover for Vertigo's first Doom Patrol issue and for the entire second and third volumes of Morrison's Invisibles ( 1997 – 2000 ) ( and in addition provided artwork for the TPB collections of Morrison's Doom Patrol run, and all volumes of The Invisibles ).

While at art school, Bolland drew and self-published a couple of fanzines and his work was published in British underground magazines Friendz, International Times and OZ.

Bolland " drew the first three episodes of the Judge Death story over the winter of 1979-80 ," as " just another villain in just another excellent John Wagner script.

In between Dredd assignments Bolland drew horror strips for Dez Skinn's House of Hammer, having been introduced to the comic through another of the " fanboy in-crowd ," Trevor Goring, who drew " a comic strip version of the movie Plague of the Zombies ," and asked Bolland to ink it.

") Bolland drew 13 episodes, and " Syd touched up some of the faces, a few details here and there, to make them look a bit more like him.

For editor Julius Schwartz, Bolland drew covers around which writers would craft stories, which included " a couple of Starro covers and the Superman Beastman cover # 422 ( Aug, 1986 ).

Bolland drew a pinup for Superman # 400 ( Oct. 1984 ) and its companion portfolio.

In 1996, in accordance with his hopes to only draw interior work written by him also, Bolland wrote and drew the story " An Innocent Guy " for the anthology Batman: Black and White, in which an otherwise normal inhabitant of Gotham City documents his plan to carry out the ultimate perfect crime and assassinate the Dark Knight Detective.

He drew the bulk of the first long-form Judge Dredd story, " The Cursed Earth ", with the slower, more meticulous Brian Bolland contributing occasional episodes.

The story was completed by Smith, Steve Dillon and Bolland, and was followed by the 26-part " Apocalypse War ", Carlos Ezquerra's triumphant return to the character he created, which he drew solo.

When American comics began to be imported into England, c. 1959, Bolland says that it " took a little while for me to discover them ," but by 1960 he was intrigued by Dell Comics ' Dinosaurus !, which fed into a childhood interest in dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes.

" He did however enjoy UK comics, including newspaper strips such as " Syd Jordan's Jeff Hawke David Wright's Carol Day, " and Valiant which featured " Eric Bradbury's Mytek the Mighty and Jesus Blasco's Steel Claw " Despite such a variety of inspirations, Bolland credits his eventual pursuance of art as a hobby and then vocation to a primary school art teacher, who " evidently said all the right things to me.

" Ultimately the weekly deadlines meant that Bolland was unable to produce all episodes of the epic storylines himself, and the art chores on The Cursed Earth were split between Bolland and Mike McMahon.

For the sequel, a " massive ( for me ) 30 pages ," 2000AD < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s editorial banked one-off stories to give Bolland long enough to draw it all.

Created for light relief, Bolland notes that " he great thing about the Judge Dredd strip was it's ability to slide seamlessly between gritty sci fi adventure, nasty gothic horror, spoofery, all the way to daft comedy.

" Drawing inspiration from " a masterpiece of a cover by my idol, Alex Toth ," Bolland set out to " explore ideas ... that in real life people don't come labelled " GOODIES " and " BADDIES " and that all of us walk a tightrope and could easily fall on either side.

" Starting in 1997, Bolland " bought all the gear " and spent ten frustrated months learning the ropes and ultimately finding the liberating " infinite ability to change " his now-solely-onscreen artwork.

Bolland made appeals to collaborators all over Europe.

Rosweyde had proposed to publish only the original texts, without commentaries or annotations, but Bolland decided to give all the information he could find for each saint and his cult, to preface each text with a study of its author and its historical value, and to append notes of explanation.

With issue # 12, Bolland took over cover duties ( from Fables cover artist James Jean ) on Fables spin-off Jack of Fables, which he continues to produce.

During 1842, Taylor, together with his Cambridge friends Frederick Ponsonby ( Earl of Bessborough ), Charles G. Taylor and William Bolland, formed the Old Stagers, which is recognised as the oldest amateur drama society still performing.

After his death in 1629, the Jesuit scholar Jean Bolland (' Bollandus ', 1596 – 1665 ) continued the work, which was gradually finished over the centuries by the Bollandists, who continue to edit and publish the Acta Sanctorum.

In 1971, his friend Dave Harwood " took his first step into printed mass production with his RDH Comix ," for which Bolland provided a cover ( featuring Norwich Cathedral ).

Bolland writes that starting with Powerman he " found regular employment drawing comics, one of which, Judge Dredd, in 1977-80, turned out to be quite a hit ..."

" As the Dredd stories rose in popularity, they " were moved so they started on the middle pages " with a colour double-page spread, which Bolland " always struggled with " finding it " very difficult ... to fill that space most effectively.

" Bolland therefore states that he " aped Mike's genius ... and then reinterpreted in a style which actually borrowed a lot from the work of the American artists ," retaining McMahon's " granite-jawed " look but bringing a level of realism and fine detail to the character, which Mark Salisbury says " finally cemented the iconic image.

In 1978, Nick Landau, Mike Lake and Mike Luckman " took their comic distribution business into the highstreet ," opening the first Forbidden Planet comics shop, for which Lake asked Bolland to produce the now-famous " People like us shop at ...

Bolland has contributed covers — in many cases to complete runs / arcs — to some of the more famous landmark comics of recent years, with his photo-realistic work leaving an indelible impression on the titles for which he works, as the primary external reference image.

The village of Bolland, after which the family took their name, is nearby.

Comparisons have been drawn between them and East London band Shut Up and Dance, with both bands evolving in the early 1990s as a rapprochement between the breakbeat-driven African-diasporic musical structures of hip-hop and reggae, and the dark, European reconstruction of the techno sound popularised by the likes of Joey Beltram, CJ Bolland and Mundo Muzique.

" Dredd stories started as traditional UK comic stories, i. e. " six page one-offs ... Pat Mills and John Wagner seem to spurn the American comic idea of continuing stories or, worse, the idea of a 2000AD continuity between characters ," Bolland seeing this as a " strength ... hav one great new idea each week.

" Bolland was allowed to " pick between two inkers ," but opted to ink his covers himself.

** “ Judge Death ,” written by John Wagner, art by Brian Bolland, in 2000 AD # 149 – 151 ( 1980 )

** “ Judge Death Lives ,” written by John Wagner and Alan Grant, art by Brian Bolland, in 2000 AD # 224 – 228 ( 1981 )

** " Judge Death Lives " ( by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Brian Bolland, 2000 AD # 224-228, 1981 )

** " Judge Death " ( by John Wagner and Brian Bolland, 2000 AD # 149-151, 1980 )

** " Judge Death Lives " ( by John Wagner, Alan Grant and Brian Bolland, 2000 AD # 224-228, 1981 )

Gibbons and Bolland were to draw alternate issues ( Bolland's first issue was Powerman # 2.

" Bolland feels that " after my cover # 127 worked out the people at DC turned their gaze on London ... and particularly on the group of artists at 2000AD who had been weaned on the DC characters.

In 1986, Bolland was one of several artists who contributed pages to the anniversary issue Batman # 400 ( Oct, 1986 ), his offering featuring villains Ra's Al Ghul and Catwoman.

Jumping at the chance, he remarks that " there was a misunderstanding " resulting in his being unaware of the first issue being scheduled, resulting in " the superb Dave Johnson " drawing # 1 instead, and Bolland joining at issue # 2.

# " In the Army Now " – 4: 31 ( original by Bolland, also covered by Status Quo )

*** " Greenworld " ( with Gerry Finley-Day and Brian Bolland, in # 34-35, 1977 )

**** " Outlaw " ( with John Howard and Brian Bolland, in # 87, 1978 )

* Power Comics # 1-4 ( a, with Don Avenell, Norman Worker and Brian Bolland, Eclipse, 1988 )

# " Sugar Is Sweeter " ( CJ Bolland ; Danny Saber remix featuring Justin Warfield ) – 4: 57

The first artist to illustrate them was Brian Bolland for their first appearance in 2000 AD # 86, but Mike McMahon's version in # 91 was the first to feature the typical skull badge and distinctive shoulder pad with the wearer's name emblazoned on it.

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